In the line of duty: Militarising African epidemics

Author:

Allen Tim1ORCID,Parker Melissa2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa London School of Economics and Political Science London UK

2. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London UK

Abstract

AbstractThe deployment of soldiers for epidemic control in Africa has become more acceptable, even when human rights violations occur. This article outlines how this situation has arisen, foregrounding overlapping processes since the 1990s and the implications of Security Council Resolution 2177. It then explores effects with reference to Sierra Leone and Uganda. Drawing on long‐term fieldwork, it discusses militarised epidemic control programmes during Ebola and COVID‐19 outbreaks. It points out similarities in the responses to epidemics in these two countries, including the violent enforcement of regulations, but also striking differences. In Sierra Leone, a democratic transition of governmental power occurred, whereas militarised epidemic control in Uganda helped entrench autocratic public authority. To the extent that there is data available, disease control outcomes in the two countries were not widely divergent, yet the Ugandan response has been valorised. This highlights a drift towards less accountable forms of governance, justified by purported public health objectives.

Funder

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Economic and Social Research Council

H2020 European Research Council

Wellcome Trust

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Law,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Political Science and International Relations,Economics and Econometrics,Global and Planetary Change

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